| Final | Team | time |
| | 1. Marcus OSullivan | IRL | 3:36.64 | | 2. Hauke Fuhlbrügge | GDR | 3:37.80 | | 3. Jeff Atkinson | USA | 3:38.12 | | 4. Sydney Maree | USA | 3:38.14 | | 5. Herve Phelippeau | FRA | 3:38.76 | | 6. Radin Kuncicky | TCH | 3:39.97 | | 7. Sergey Afanasyev | URS | 3:40.46 | | 8. Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:41.61 | | 9. Eckhardt Rüther | FRG | 3:43.42 | | 10.Feranswa Woldemarian | ETH | 3:44.16 |
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| Heats. First 2 Best 4 to Final. |
| Heat 1 | Team | time | | 1. Marcus OSullivan | IRL | 3:47.34 | | 2. Jeff Atkinson | USA | 3:47.62 | | 3. Rui Silva | POR | 3:47.92 | | 4. Abdelaziz Sahere | MAR | 3:48.14 | | 5. Vladimir Kolpakov | URS | 3:48.33 | | 6. Mbiganyi Thee | BOT | 3:48.85 | | 7. Doug Consiglio | CAN | 3:50.50 | | 8. Nikolaos Tsiakoulas | GRE | 3:52.05 |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | | 1. Sergey Afanasyev | URS | 3:42.83 | | 2. Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:42.84 | | 3. Radin Kuncicky | TCH | 3:43.19 | | 4. Agberto Conceiço Guimares | BRA | 3:44.86 | | 5. Laszlo Toth | HUN | 3:44.99 | | 6. Hamid Sadjadi | IRI | 3:48.32 |
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| Heat 3 | Team | time | | 1. Hauke Fuhlbrügge | GDR | 3:42.26 | | 2. Eckhardt Rüther | FRG | 3:42.65 | | 3. Herve Phelippeau | FRA | 3:42.79 | | 4. Sydney Maree | USA | 3:42.84 | | 5. Feranswa Woldemarian | ETH | 3:43.35 | | 6. Adelino Hidalgo | ESP | 3:43.95 | | 7. Robert Banai | HUN | 3:43.99 | | 8. Dave Reid | CAN | 3:45.87 |
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